Electricity Merit Badge History

Earned through 2020859,444

Best year197317,816 earned

All-time popularity#46official, as of 2020#46by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1911. Peak year 1973 with 17,816. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19111 earned#16 of 22

191223 earned#26 of 51

191358 earned#28 of 56

1914126 earned#27 of 58

1915226 earned#20 of 58

1916259 earned#20 of 56

1917599 earned#20 of 58

1918627 earned#20 of 58

19191,597 earned#20 of 59

19201,527 earned#20 of 59

19212,697 earned#18 of 61

19223,401 earned#18 of 61

19233,668 earned#19 of 63

19243,616 earned#19 of 64

19254,594 earned#20 of 64

19267,068 earned#19 of 65

19278,705 earned#17 of 68

19287,676 earned#24 of 88

19295,296 earned#28 of 89

19305,544 earned#29 of 92

19316,060 earned#29 of 96

19326,131 earned#29 of 98

19336,926 earned#29 of 101

19345,234 earned#28 of 101

19355,908 earned#28 of 101

19364,703 earned#28 of 101

19375,097 earned#29 of 102

19385,868 earned#28 of 105

19396,091 earned#28 of 106

19406,186 earned#28 of 106

19415,659 earned#29 of 106

19425,271 earned#29 of 110

19436,094 earned#26 of 112

19447,460 earned#26 of 111

19457,288 earned#26 of 111

19465,993 earned#29 of 111

19475,241 earned#29 of 111

19484,821 earned#30 of 111

19495,102 earned#33 of 111

19505,820 earned#34 of 111

19516,604 earned#33 of 111

19526,447 earned#37 of 120

19535,556 earned#38 of 105

19547,395 earned#37 of 103

19557,802 earned#37 of 100

19568,471 earned#37 of 100

19579,046 earned#34 of 100

19589,286 earned#35 of 101

19599,858 earned#36 of 101

196012,560 earned#33 of 100

196113,359 earned#33 of 101

196213,284 earned#32 of 101

196313,443 earned#33 of 102

196414,030 earned#36 of 107

196514,072 earned#34 of 109

196614,306 earned#32 of 110

196714,757 earned#34 of 112

196814,837 earned#32 of 112

196914,675 earned#33 of 113

197013,154 earned#37 of 113

197112,087 earned#40 of 113

197210,995 earned#42 of 124

197317,816 earned#30 of 122

197413,928 earned#51 of 121

197513,120 earned#53 of 128

197611,905 earned#51 of 130

197710,573 earned#50 of 130

19788,896 earned#50 of 131

19796,836 earned#49 of 132

19804,313 earned#51 of 132

19816,544 earned#52 of 134

1982No data available

1983No data available

1984No data available

1985No data available

1986No data available

1987No data available

1988No data available

1989No data available

1990No data available

1991No data available

1992No data available

19938,028 earned#53 of 123

1994No data available

1995No data available

19967,876 earned#54 of 134

1997No data available

1998No data available

1999No data available

200010,305 earned#53 of 128

200110,751 earned#52 of 129

200211,320 earned#52 of 129

200311,852 earned#51 of 130

200412,243 earned#50 of 121

200511,953 earned#46 of 121

200610,433 earned#49 of 121

200710,034 earned#52 of 121

200810,053 earned#50 of 121

200911,585 earned#48 of 122

201010,419 earned#51 of 125

201111,187 earned#49 of 129

201211,350 earned#48 of 132

201310,968 earned#35 of 129

201410,460 earned#58 of 136

201510,035 earned#57 of 138

20169,762 earned#56 of 138

20179,245 earned#57 of 139

20189,979 earned#54 of 139

20199,383 earned#56 of 139

20206,235 earned#51 of 137

2021No data available#67 of 137

2022No data available#62 of 138

2023No data available#62 of 138

2024No data available#59 of 138

2025No data available#63 of 141

Known count No data available

"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#63 of 141" means the badge was number 63 of the 141 merit badges earned that year. National counts have not been published since 2020, but the rankings have. The grand total comes from official reports and includes the years without a known count. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.

19111#16 of 22

191223#26 of 51

191358#28 of 56

1914126#27 of 58

1915226#20 of 58

1916259#20 of 56

1917599#20 of 58

1918627#20 of 58

19191,597#20 of 59

19201,527#20 of 59

19212,697#18 of 61

19223,401#18 of 61

19233,668#19 of 63

19243,616#19 of 64

19254,594#20 of 64

19267,068#19 of 65

19278,705#17 of 68

19287,676#24 of 88

19295,296#28 of 89

19305,544#29 of 92

19316,060#29 of 96

19326,131#29 of 98

19336,926#29 of 101

19345,234#28 of 101

19355,908#28 of 101

19364,703#28 of 101

19375,097#29 of 102

19385,868#28 of 105

19396,091#28 of 106

19406,186#28 of 106

19415,659#29 of 106

19425,271#29 of 110

19436,094#26 of 112

19447,460#26 of 111

19457,288#26 of 111

19465,993#29 of 111

19475,241#29 of 111

19484,821#30 of 111

19495,102#33 of 111

19505,820#34 of 111

19516,604#33 of 111

19526,447#37 of 120

19535,556#38 of 105

19547,395#37 of 103

19557,802#37 of 100

19568,471#37 of 100

19579,046#34 of 100

19589,286#35 of 101

19599,858#36 of 101

196012,560#33 of 100

196113,359#33 of 101

196213,284#32 of 101

196313,443#33 of 102

196414,030#36 of 107

196514,072#34 of 109

196614,306#32 of 110

196714,757#34 of 112

196814,837#32 of 112

196914,675#33 of 113

197013,154#37 of 113

197112,087#40 of 113

197210,995#42 of 124

197317,816#30 of 122

197413,928#51 of 121

197513,120#53 of 128

197611,905#51 of 130

197710,573#50 of 130

19788,896#50 of 131

19796,836#49 of 132

19804,313#51 of 132

19816,544#52 of 134

1982—

1983—

1984—

1985—

1986—

1987—

1988—

1989—

1990—

1991—

1992—

19938,028#53 of 123

1994—

1995—

19967,876#54 of 134

1997—

1998—

1999—

200010,305#53 of 128

200110,751#52 of 129

200211,320#52 of 129

200311,852#51 of 130

200412,243#50 of 121

200511,953#46 of 121

200610,433#49 of 121

200710,034#52 of 121

200810,053#50 of 121

200911,585#48 of 122

201010,419#51 of 125

201111,187#49 of 129

201211,350#48 of 132

201310,968#35 of 129

201410,460#58 of 136

201510,035#57 of 138

20169,762#56 of 138

20179,245#57 of 139

20189,979#54 of 139

20199,383#56 of 139

20206,235#51 of 137

2021—#67 of 137

2022—#62 of 138

2023—#62 of 138

2024—#59 of 138

2025—#63 of 141

Grand total through 2020:

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Electricity: workbook data

Printings (107)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	SKU	SA #	HC	Notes
c	1918		1B-1									1a hb 17th edition reference
c	1919		1A									1b hb 18th edition reference
c	1919		1A									1b hb 20th edition reference
	1920	not made
	1921	not made
	1922	not made
c	1923		2
x	1924		2
x	1925		3A-1	back-3			3206
	1925		3A-1	back-3			3206					with pasted 1927 requirements
x	1925		3A-2	back-3			3206
x	1926		3A-2	back-3			3206
	1926		3A-2	back-3			3206					with pasted 1927 requirements
x	1927		3A-2	back-3			3206
x	1928		3B	back-3			3206
	1929		3B	back-3			3206
	1929	October	3B	back-3			3206
	1930	January	3B	back-3			3206
c	1930	May	3B	back-3			3206
x	1930	September	3B	back-3			3206
x	1931	March	3B	back-3			3206
x	1931	October	3B	back-3			3206
	1932	not made
c	1933	May	3B	back-3	1M		3206
x	1934	March	3B	back-3	1M		3206
x	1935	April	3B	back-3	1M		3206
x	1936	February	3B	back-3	2M		3206
c	1937	March	3B	back-3	3M		3206
x	1938	November	3B	back-3	2M		3206
x	1938	November	3D	back-3	2M		3206
	1939	not made
x	1940	January	3D	back-3	3M		3206
x	1941	June	3D	back-3	2M		3206				HCB
x	1942	February	4	back-4	2M		3206
x	1942	October	4	back-4	3M		3206
	1943	not made
x	1944	May	4	back-4	5M		3206
x	1944	May	5A	back-5a	5M		3206
x	1945	February	5B	blank	4M		3206
x	1945	October	5B	blank	6M		3206
x	1946	December	5B	blank	5M		3206
	1947	not made
x	1948	May	5B	blank	4M		3206
	1949	not made
x	1950	January	5B	blank	4M		3206
x	1951	January	5B	blank	4M		3206				HCH
x	1951	September	5B	back-6a	5M		3206				HCH
x	1952	October	6	back-6b-1	5M		3206
x	1953	May	6	back-6b-1	6M		3206
x	1954	May	6	back-6b-2	6M		3206
x	1955	March	6	back-6b-2	6M		3206
x	1955	October	6	back-6b-2	3M	1940	3206				HCJV1
x	1956	May	6	back-6b-2	12M		3206
x	1956	September	6	back-6b-2	10M	1956	3206
x	1957	June	6	back-6b-2	15M	1956	3206				HCJV1
x	1958	July	6	back-6c-2	15M	1956	3206
x	1959	July	6	back-6c-2	15M	1956	3206
x	1960	July	6	back-6d	15M	1956	3206
x	1961	July	6	back-6e	15M	1956	3206				HCJ
x	1962	August	6	back-6f	15M	1956	3206				HCJV2, HCP
x	1963	September	6	back-6g	15M	1956	3206				HCK, HCP
x	1964	September	6	back-6h	15M	1956	3206				HCK
x	1965	May	6	back-6h	17M	1956	3206
x	1966	April	7	back-7	17M	1956	3206				HCL
	1967	not made
x	1968	April	7	back-7	18M	1956	3206				HCL
x	1969	February	7	back-7	20M	1956	3206				HCL, HCN
x	1970	July	7	back-7	18M	1956	3206				HCL
x	1971	November	7	back-7	15M	1956	3206
	1972	not made
x	1973	January	8A-1	back-8a	12M	1956	3206
x	1973	December	8A-1	back-8a	15M	1956	3206				HCT
x	1974	November	8A-1	back-8b	15M	1956	3206				HCT
	1975	not made
x	1976	June	8A-2	back-8c-1	10M	1956	3206
x	1977	September	8A-2	back-8c-2	8.5M	1956	3206
x	1978	November	8A-2	back-8d	7M	1956	3206
	1979	not made
x	1980	January	9A	back-9a	6M	1956	3206				HCU
x	1981	February	9A	back-9a	6M		3206
x	1982	January	9A	back-9a	6.5M		3206
x	1983	February	9A	back-9a	6M		3206
x	1984	January	9A	back-9a	6M		3206
x	1985	January	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3206
x	1986	January	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3206
x	1986	November	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3206
x	1987	October	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3206
x	1988	October	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3206
x	1989	October	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3236
x	1990	February	9A	back-9b-2	6M		3236
x	1991	November	9B	back-9c-2	6M		33236	730176332369
	1992	not made
x	1993	February	9B	back-9c-2	6M		33236	730176332369
x	1994	January	9B	back-9d	6M		33236	730176332369
x	1995	January	9B	back-9d	4M		33236	730176332369
x	1995	June	9B	back-9d	7M		33236	730176332369
x	1996	July	9C	back-9d	7M	1996	33408	730176334080
	1997	not made
x	1998		9C	back-9d		1996	33408	730176334080				front shows revised 1996 with 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 back has january 1, 1998
x	1998		9C	back-9f		1996	33408	730176334080				second printing
x	1999		9C	back-9f			33408A	730176334080
x	2000		9C	back-9f			33408A	730176334080
	2001	not made
x	2002		9C	back-9f			33408A	730176334080
x	2003		9C	back-9g			33408A	730176334080
x	2004		9D-1	back-9g		2004	33408B	730176334080
x	2005		9D-1	back-9g		2004	33408B	730176334080
	2006	not made
x	2007		9D-2	back-9h-1		2004	33408B	730176334080
x	2008		10A	back-1008b1		2004	35886	730176358864
	2009	not made
x	2010		10C-1	back-1010b1		2004	35886	730176358864
x	2010		10C-1	back-1010b1			35886	730176358864				2nd printing
	2011	not made
x	2012		10C-1	back-1010b1			35886	730176358864
x	2013		10C-2	back-1013b1			35886	730176357577	619156	619156		01268-AL
x	2014		10C-3	back-1013b1			35886	730176357577	619156	619156		01268-AL
x	2015		10D	back-1016b1			35886	730176357577	619156	619156		01268-PSF
	2016	not made
x	2017		10D	back-1016b1			35886	730176357577	619156	619156		00358-AL
x	2017		10D	back-1016b1			35886	730176357577	619156	619156		358
	2018	not made
x	2019		10D	back-1019b1			35886	730176351070	651605	651605		358
	2020	not made
x	2021		10D	back-1019b1			35886	730176351070	651605	651605		358
x	2022		10D	back-1019b1			35886	730176351070	656202	656202		358
x	2023		10D	back-1019b1			35886	730176352589	656202	656202		358
x	2024		10D	back-1019b1			35886	730176352589	656202	300067150		has what looks like 2021 but has 2024 UPC
	2025	not made

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	1	16	22
1912	23	26	51
1913	58	28	56
1914	126	27	58
1915	226	20	58
1916	259	20	56
1917	599	20	58
1918	627	20	58
1919	1,597	20	59
1920	1,527	20	59
1921	2,697	18	61
1922	3,401	18	61
1923	3,668	19	63
1924	3,616	19	64
1925	4,594	20	64
1926	7,068	19	65
1927	8,705	17	68
1928	7,676	24	88
1929	5,296	28	89
1930	5,544	29	92
1931	6,060	29	96
1932	6,131	29	98
1933	6,926	29	101
1934	5,234	28	101
1935	5,908	28	101
1936	4,703	28	101
1937	5,097	29	102
1938	5,868	28	105
1939	6,091	28	106
1940	6,186	28	106
1941	5,659	29	106
1942	5,271	29	110
1943	6,094	26	112
1944	7,460	26	111
1945	7,288	26	111
1946	5,993	29	111
1947	5,241	29	111
1948	4,821	30	111
1949	5,102	33	111
1950	5,820	34	111
1951	6,604	33	111
1952	6,447	37	120
1953	5,556	38	105
1954	7,395	37	103
1955	7,802	37	100
1956	8,471	37	100
1957	9,046	34	100
1958	9,286	35	101
1959	9,858	36	101
1960	12,560	33	100
1961	13,359	33	101
1962	13,284	32	101
1963	13,443	33	102
1964	14,030	36	107
1965	14,072	34	109
1966	14,306	32	110
1967	14,757	34	112
1968	14,837	32	112
1969	14,675	33	113
1970	13,154	37	113
1971	12,087	40	113
1972	10,995	42	124
1973	17,816	30	122
1974	13,928	51	121
1975	13,120	53	128
1976	11,905	51	130
1977	10,573	50	130
1978	8,896	50	131
1979	6,836	49	132
1980	4,313	51	132
1981	6,544	52	134
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993	8,028	53	123
1994
1995
1996	7,876	54	134
1997
1998
1999
2000	10,305	53	128
2001	10,751	52	129
2002	11,320	52	129
2003	11,852	51	130
2004	12,243	50	121
2005	11,953	46	121
2006	10,433	49	121
2007	10,034	52	121
2008	10,053	50	121
2009	11,585	48	122
2010	10,419	51	125
2011	11,187	49	129
2012	11,350	48	132
2013	10,968	35	129
2014	10,460	58	136
2015	10,035	57	138
2016	9,762	56	138
2017	9,245	57	139
2018	9,979	54	139
2019	9,383	56	139
2020	6,235	51	137
2021		67	137
2022		62	138
2023		62	138
2024		59	138
2025		63	141